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. >> twenty-one volumes of material commissioned by the then secretary of defense robert mcnamara. basically put together for him in the late 1960's to sort of answer the question, how did we become involved in the war in vietnam. one could say maybe we should have asked those questions before we became involved with the war in vietnam. put together a lot of scholars to write this summary, starting in 1945 right after world war ii how of the u.s. gradually and then with ever greater speed became involved in the war in vietnam. and this at a time when the war was not going well trying to get out of it. very, very difficult. and when i was retained in 1971, when the new york times was provided with a copy of all but three volumes of what became known as the pentagon papers by confidence as sources, the government had advised the terms that if they publish this and it was all classified as top secret that the government would take steps, the government would go to court to get a court order barring the * from doing so. that is sort of the background of the case. every document in all
. >> twenty-one volumes of material commissioned by the then secretary of defense robert mcnamara. basically put together for him in the late 1960's to sort of answer the question, how did we become involved in the war in vietnam. one could say maybe we should have asked those questions before we became involved with the war in vietnam. put together a lot of scholars to write this summary, starting in 1945 right after world war ii how of the u.s. gradually and then with ever greater speed...
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i am the president of the naacp legal defense fund. part of the team of lawyers to litigate this of the county kayseven argued in the supreme court. says the decision in that case our client and americans all of the country have been deeply concerned about whether we are going backwards on the right to vote. this meeting was important to have the president of the united states, the attorney general of the united states affirmed that we are not going backwards and reaffirm the commitment of protecting the right to vote. 150 years ago the supreme court of the united states said the right to vote is preservative of all rights. and they're for this moment we are and as it relates to voting rights is not a moment about african-american, latinos, native americans, or asian american chief of asian-americans. america and democracy, we stand for, whether we're willing to protect the thing that defines us as citizens in this country. with the president of the united states, he will stand behind it. he will do everything in his power to ensure th
i am the president of the naacp legal defense fund. part of the team of lawyers to litigate this of the county kayseven argued in the supreme court. says the decision in that case our client and americans all of the country have been deeply concerned about whether we are going backwards on the right to vote. this meeting was important to have the president of the united states, the attorney general of the united states affirmed that we are not going backwards and reaffirm the commitment of...
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the 2010 quad revenue yell defense -- quadrennial defense review produced by the department of defense concluded that climate change will affect the military and its missions, in particular low lying naval institutions such as pearl harbor hickham that could leave parts of the base flooded requiring millions of dollars in costly upgrades. with the united states rebalancing to the asian pacific region, sustaining our naval capabilities will be increasingly important for hawaii and for our nation. i know that the senator from rhode island has concerns about his own state and i yield to him. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: as the senator from hawaii said it's not just hawaii, it's not just rhode island actually, it is all of our states that will be affected. dr. lynen who testified at our e.p.w. hearing is from florida atlantic university and she highlighted 0-sensitive florida will be to climate change. in her testimony she said the caribbean florida region has shown sea surface temperatures increase about two degrees f
the 2010 quad revenue yell defense -- quadrennial defense review produced by the department of defense concluded that climate change will affect the military and its missions, in particular low lying naval institutions such as pearl harbor hickham that could leave parts of the base flooded requiring millions of dollars in costly upgrades. with the united states rebalancing to the asian pacific region, sustaining our naval capabilities will be increasingly important for hawaii and for our...
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it's a limit on both the defense side and the non-defense side. but it's a limit. it's an attempt to control that which has been so difficult to control in this town, which is federal spending. now i should point out that even if we abide by the spending caps that are in the existing law -- so if we followed the law, we're still going to run a huge deficit. next year the deficit will be about $560 billion. that means next year, if we have the spending discipline of living within the law, we will still increase our total outstanding debt by more than $500 billion, and our debt as a percentage of our economy will rise to 76%. 76% debt to g.d.p. ratio is already -- our debt to g.d.p. ratio is already higher than it should be. it's already costing us economic growth in jobs. it's going to rise further, and that's assuming we stick to the spending cap. i should point out that the way we got to this point is just spending on auto pilot, just growing spending every year. i'll give you one example. since 2000, total federal spending has doubled. that's the scale of the inc
it's a limit on both the defense side and the non-defense side. but it's a limit. it's an attempt to control that which has been so difficult to control in this town, which is federal spending. now i should point out that even if we abide by the spending caps that are in the existing law -- so if we followed the law, we're still going to run a huge deficit. next year the deficit will be about $560 billion. that means next year, if we have the spending discipline of living within the law, we...
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absorbing four years of defense budgeted cut. how is it going? >> what i would say is, first, obviously the demand has gone down quite a bit since 2010. the peek was 2010 because we were engaged significantly in iraq and just beginning the surge in afghanistan. so that was probably one of the higher point of numbers of people deployed for 2008 might be a little bit higher. '08, '09, '10 were the three highest year. that was the highest stress we had on the army specifically. sin we were carrying the largest burden of both of these wars. but a couple of things i would say as i look back at this, then i look forward. what is all-volunteer army perform super belie. there's stress on the force and pushing tsa. there's tbi, yes, there's some problem with families. but as we have gone back historically to what we county have an all-volunteer army. the problems are not much different. so i think the volunteer army has held up. i think that we have to make sure that our worry is we can't forget that we have these issues. in other words, we're okay now. t
absorbing four years of defense budgeted cut. how is it going? >> what i would say is, first, obviously the demand has gone down quite a bit since 2010. the peek was 2010 because we were engaged significantly in iraq and just beginning the surge in afghanistan. so that was probably one of the higher point of numbers of people deployed for 2008 might be a little bit higher. '08, '09, '10 were the three highest year. that was the highest stress we had on the army specifically. sin we were...
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most providing for mutual defense. my team in iraq was composed of nine nations military and civilian. a late-night discussion are guantÁnamo -- would come up time to time and asked to abu ghraib off into some of our closest allies refuse to send this detainees because of guantÁnamo and we are losing intelligence opportunities every time this happens. releasing any individual guantÁnamo detainee does not change our national security posture. for this soldier the fear-based arguments to keep the extension facility open is hard to understand. if brought to the u.s. for prosecution and incarceration or medical treatment of detainees opposed -- pose no threat to national security. the 86 men who have been cleared for transfer should be transferred. we must find lawful dispositions for all law of war detainees as we have done in every conflict. further, guantÁnamo places our soldiers and nation at risk. not only because it puts -- makes america look hypocritical as we promote the rule of law but because it makes the det
most providing for mutual defense. my team in iraq was composed of nine nations military and civilian. a late-night discussion are guantÁnamo -- would come up time to time and asked to abu ghraib off into some of our closest allies refuse to send this detainees because of guantÁnamo and we are losing intelligence opportunities every time this happens. releasing any individual guantÁnamo detainee does not change our national security posture. for this soldier the fear-based arguments to keep...
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because we need to contract in defense. but the point is, and this gets to scott's point, is that has some level of economic impact. the reason they're laying folks off, of course, is the downturn, but also the department of defense because of furloughs and soon to be riffs, they're delaying the contracts. and so what used to take three months or six months is now taking a year to write a contract, and the industry's not going to pay for guys to stand around a year waiting for the department of -- small example that has long-term, interesting ripple effects in the economy which will depress it, that's the real fiscal impact, in my view, not just the raw dollars coming from the department of defense. it's how it affects the behavior of the agencies that then translates into how it affects the behavior of the folks who are supporting federal government activities. >> just there's a short-term impact to government spending which, i mean, if you look at cbo to, they say it's stimulative, good thing, and there's a long-term impa
because we need to contract in defense. but the point is, and this gets to scott's point, is that has some level of economic impact. the reason they're laying folks off, of course, is the downturn, but also the department of defense because of furloughs and soon to be riffs, they're delaying the contracts. and so what used to take three months or six months is now taking a year to write a contract, and the industry's not going to pay for guys to stand around a year waiting for the department of...
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even though i thing everything ought to be on the table, particularly defense spending. but future debt comes from the into side of the budget that remains untouched and that's the explosion of programs like social security. but we -- there's been a lot of threats -- we were told that the sky was going to fall, and "washington post" did a story of looking at the 46 myth wes have heard, automatic actually materialized, and only 11 and one of the things that is interesting this week to talk about when we talk about sequestration -- which is a very small opt -- amount of money which mostly affected the growth of spending. it's kind of -- don't really know how it's going to play out because government agencies have the ability to -- we have heard that it was going to be devastating for defense contractors, and they were going to -- just announced their profit and they're up 10% in spite of sequestration. so i think there's just a lot of hand-waving, threatening people, and that it's not going to be -- again, we agree, not the best way to go about cutting spending or being fi
even though i thing everything ought to be on the table, particularly defense spending. but future debt comes from the into side of the budget that remains untouched and that's the explosion of programs like social security. but we -- there's been a lot of threats -- we were told that the sky was going to fall, and "washington post" did a story of looking at the 46 myth wes have heard, automatic actually materialized, and only 11 and one of the things that is interesting this week to...
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. >> all of the bipartisan votes support for an amendment in the house this week is part of the defense appropriations bill. are you working on a similar proposal with democrats and republicans in the senate? >> i'm definitely working with democrats and republicans to overall this program dramatically. there's a number of discussions already. senators on both sides of the aisle and the discussions certainly have accelerated since that extraordinary house vote. we have already a quarter of the united states senator on record saying they are interested in pursuing, certainly, the issue that are central to the debate. that's the reason we insisted on finally getting answers. the answer to your question is yes, you'll see a strong and bipartisan effort in the senate to pick up on the work of the house and to fix a problem that i think intrude on the privacy and liberty of millions of law-abiding americans. >>> you watch all of of senator wyden's remarks. >> the first lady reflect the united states about what women are supposed to be today. are we suppose to be mom -- supposed to be first me
. >> all of the bipartisan votes support for an amendment in the house this week is part of the defense appropriations bill. are you working on a similar proposal with democrats and republicans in the senate? >> i'm definitely working with democrats and republicans to overall this program dramatically. there's a number of discussions already. senators on both sides of the aisle and the discussions certainly have accelerated since that extraordinary house vote. we have already a...
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has developed significantly over the last few years, that there are vast areas of good cooperation, defense sector, in counterterrorism and a number of other areas. it's a strong relationship. i think the frustration we are all hearing from the business committee and others is that this relationship is not nearly achieving its potential precisely because of the policies that you identify. and that's a message we conveyed to our indian government counterparts last week, both from ourselves but also from the american business community. and the american business community that is interested in india that wants india to succeed and wants to invest there. our hope is that through these dialogues and including the trade policy forum, other high level dialogues, including at the vice president will be going there, i believe next week, and will be conveying similar messages, that we can help the indian government move towards addressing some of these concerns. we've seen some movement, even this week. we know there is more u.s. pork sent to a central american country of 7.7 million population comp
has developed significantly over the last few years, that there are vast areas of good cooperation, defense sector, in counterterrorism and a number of other areas. it's a strong relationship. i think the frustration we are all hearing from the business committee and others is that this relationship is not nearly achieving its potential precisely because of the policies that you identify. and that's a message we conveyed to our indian government counterparts last week, both from ourselves but...
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the mrap story and humvees and donald rumsfeld as secretary of defense being lambasted for saying you go to war with the army that you have. he was absolutely right. it sounded callous at the time but would you have to do is remain flexible. one of the things i had run into in researching this story and doing the story was if other opponents know that counterinsurgency is difficult for us and we are moving away from that and not applying mraps mraps will they adopt the strategies to hit us in our weak spot. it's absolutely true. for that reason i think a lot of the lessons that were learned in iraq and afghanistan despite some distaste for warfare need to be maintained. i'm not a big fan of getting rid of all but mraps that we spend tens of millions of dollars on. we may need them again but the idea that you are training for the last war at least in this case is not what they are doing. they are trying to train for what they think would be another war instead of a small war or counterinsurgency. i would like to think that they are flexible enough to be able to do both to preserve thos
the mrap story and humvees and donald rumsfeld as secretary of defense being lambasted for saying you go to war with the army that you have. he was absolutely right. it sounded callous at the time but would you have to do is remain flexible. one of the things i had run into in researching this story and doing the story was if other opponents know that counterinsurgency is difficult for us and we are moving away from that and not applying mraps mraps will they adopt the strategies to hit us in...
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sounds a little defensive to me. but i understand that obamacare is a deeply divisive issue here in washington and i understand while many have -- who have compelled to defend the law previously are now feeling a little skittish about it three years later. but i'd ask my colleagues this: given all we've learned about corruption and institutional abuse at the internal revenue service, does anyone really believe we should dramatically expand the agency's power to implement obamacare? does anyone really bleaive that i.r.s. agents should have access to even more personal financial information about, not to mention medical information, about american citizens? if i.r.s. officials conduct add systemic campaign of political targeting against conservative organizations, why should we have any more confidence that the agency will fairly and objectively implement the president's health care law? remember, the i.r.s. has already announced that it will violate the text of the law and issue health care subsidies through federal e
sounds a little defensive to me. but i understand that obamacare is a deeply divisive issue here in washington and i understand while many have -- who have compelled to defend the law previously are now feeling a little skittish about it three years later. but i'd ask my colleagues this: given all we've learned about corruption and institutional abuse at the internal revenue service, does anyone really believe we should dramatically expand the agency's power to implement obamacare? does anyone...
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and, you know, there was an honest to god defense -- difference of opinion between the two sides. you had to reconcile who was going to be right and whoches going to be wrong. at the same time you had independent pollsters who had had some screening questioning. questions designed to ascertain who is and who isn't likely to vote. for example, historically people how much interest do you have in the upcoming election. historically that's been a pretty good question to determine who isn't and is likely to vote. apparently in 2012, it didn't work. a lot of the traditional questions that had usually worked didn't work in 2012. and so you sort of had the fill philosophical difference what the electorate was. it was going -- you had legitimate people that didn't have a thumb on the scale in any dprix direction that were using traditionally reliability yardsticks that weren't right. and so you had some result that were, you know, all over the map. and we're now beginning to see a lot more sort of nontraditional polling. both the obama and the romney campaigns. yes, they were doing a cert
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dealing with the self-defense that lines up people who want to not do right can use to avoid prosecution. but one thing we have to concede is that we're not getting killed with a fist. we're getting killed with guns in the wrong hands and bullets, and you have to ask yourself where are all these coming from. so the justice working group and the congressional black caucus, we're hearing all of that, is going to to the hard questions -- ask the hard questions, produce legislation and also soon the resources -- seek the resources. because there's nothing wrong with asking, as bobby has said, let children be our priority from the federal level that deals with education and summer jobs. and i will leave to the experts about how the gangs are moving around, whether it's turf, whether it's drugs or whether it's one gang against another. but we do know seem are dying. and i think we need to leave here with the burden of the members who put together an omnibus, an emergency plan and funding. and i can tell you that no one up here is a wallflower. and that this will be heard next week loudly and c
dealing with the self-defense that lines up people who want to not do right can use to avoid prosecution. but one thing we have to concede is that we're not getting killed with a fist. we're getting killed with guns in the wrong hands and bullets, and you have to ask yourself where are all these coming from. so the justice working group and the congressional black caucus, we're hearing all of that, is going to to the hard questions -- ask the hard questions, produce legislation and also soon...
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you cannot start a fight then claim self-defense when you lose. and the white house should do the same. and then look at a mandatory minimum sentencing what is it you would like to see in terms of congress? or the white house to deal with this issue it is hard for people to understand and i think i did a bunch of things right so sometimes a diamond the elevator of this building without my member did i am still just a young black man that probably is not supposed to be here. how did the best resources are pumps that into our community and the expectations for our young black males to give them the sense of self-worth and deal with the acre at the same time as some would does that to me i cannot act out i have to do like jackie robinson and suck it up and take it in this day and age even though i am a member of congress in the person that treats me like that most of the tide is not. that is my question. what do we do to help with those things? >> i will just speak to the "stand your ground" law. the last time it was suggested you control the purse s
you cannot start a fight then claim self-defense when you lose. and the white house should do the same. and then look at a mandatory minimum sentencing what is it you would like to see in terms of congress? or the white house to deal with this issue it is hard for people to understand and i think i did a bunch of things right so sometimes a diamond the elevator of this building without my member did i am still just a young black man that probably is not supposed to be here. how did the best...
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some offered civil defense classes or conducted scrap drive cans. usually the groups were segregated by race. when black women were denied access to white organizations, they sometimes formed their own groups. there was the american women's volunteer service, the awvs. there were chapters all across the country. and in 1942 the los angeles chapter sponsored a boxing match between -- [inaudible] and henry hurricane hank armstrong. they raised over $4,000 for their cause. the women's ambulance defense corps of america, the wadca, was another one. they had 54 chapters across the country including motorcycle and cavalry units. they were military trained, and they knew jiu-jitsu. they're known as the glory gals, and their motto to was the hell we can't. [laughter] the red cross offered opportunities for civilians to volunteer for the war effort. the group organized blood drives and trained nurse aides and ran clubs where members of the armed forces could relax and socialize both in the united states and overseas. african-american women served overseas wi
some offered civil defense classes or conducted scrap drive cans. usually the groups were segregated by race. when black women were denied access to white organizations, they sometimes formed their own groups. there was the american women's volunteer service, the awvs. there were chapters all across the country. and in 1942 the los angeles chapter sponsored a boxing match between -- [inaudible] and henry hurricane hank armstrong. they raised over $4,000 for their cause. the women's ambulance...
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meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of civilian employees of the department of defense, employees who support military missions carried out by service members overseas, have been furloughed. but it's not too late to reverse these hard-hearted cuts, cuts that were never supposed to take effect in the first place. the sequester was designed to be so painful, it would force democrats and republicans to compromise and find a smart, responsible way to reduce the deficit. there was compromise on one side, with the democrats, and of course none, as usual, with the republicans on the other side. but we haven't given up on reversing these cuts and choosing that responsible path. we've cut the deficit in half over the last three years by more than $2.6 trillion. and while there's more work to be done, we should be making targeted cuts while investing in the things that make america grow. so it's clear, we have reduced the debt by $2.6 trillion and the yearly deficit has been cut in half over the last three years. the way to pursue this type of sound fiscal policy is through regular order, regular order
meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of civilian employees of the department of defense, employees who support military missions carried out by service members overseas, have been furloughed. but it's not too late to reverse these hard-hearted cuts, cuts that were never supposed to take effect in the first place. the sequester was designed to be so painful, it would force democrats and republicans to compromise and find a smart, responsible way to reduce the deficit. there was compromise on one...
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reconstruction, plus the offices of the inspectors general from the department of state, the department of defense and of the u.s. agency for international development. in addition, my service as the fhfa inspector general demonstrates i have the skills, judgment and experience necessary to manage a large office of inspector general and in dependably oversee an agency with significant program responsibilities and financial resources. in this role, i've gained 80 appreciation for the critical mission of inspectors general within the federal government agencies as well as the importance of conducting vigorous an independent objective oversight. as fhfa's first inspector general, i was responsible for building an organization from the ground up and putting high during approximately 140 professionals. my office of oversight responsibilities for fannie mae and freddie mac, which have received approximately $187 billion to keep them solvent -- this is taxpayer money. from the outset of the office formation, by employing innovative strategies to maximize results, including collaborating with inspectors g
reconstruction, plus the offices of the inspectors general from the department of state, the department of defense and of the u.s. agency for international development. in addition, my service as the fhfa inspector general demonstrates i have the skills, judgment and experience necessary to manage a large office of inspector general and in dependably oversee an agency with significant program responsibilities and financial resources. in this role, i've gained 80 appreciation for the critical...
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you will see it in america's national defense. it's time for this republican party to stop looking over its shoulder and look forward. >> thank you, senator durbin. and let me thank senators mikulski and murray for their leadership on these spending issues. now, for decades, democrats and republicans agreed it's up to the federal government to fund infrastructure that our economy and our workforce depends on. both parties always stepped up to provide funding for roads and bridges, to promote economic developer in our town. this was never a partisan issue. but all that comes to a screeching halt this week, as republicans abandoned their responsibility to work in a bipartisan way to create jobs and improve infrastructure. the hard right conservatives in the house demanded steep cuts, cuts so steep that there moderate republican colleagues couldn't go alone. and here in the senate, we had six republicans supporting this bill in committee. we had 19 voting to bring it on the floor. and then with mitch mcconnell, watchful eye in the we
you will see it in america's national defense. it's time for this republican party to stop looking over its shoulder and look forward. >> thank you, senator durbin. and let me thank senators mikulski and murray for their leadership on these spending issues. now, for decades, democrats and republicans agreed it's up to the federal government to fund infrastructure that our economy and our workforce depends on. both parties always stepped up to provide funding for roads and bridges, to...